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Linux, Mac, or Windows?
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If you have net access you can download Linux for free perfectly legally.
Of current big operating systems, i like Unix variants the best. If my hardware hadn't died on me or I had the money to replace is I'd still be using AmigaOS though.
Of current big operating systems, i like Unix variants the best. If my hardware hadn't died on me or I had the money to replace is I'd still be using AmigaOS though.
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Linux is almost certainly available in your country. In any case, it is free to download, or $2-$4 for a mail order CD. It's best to buy it with a book, though. At a bookstore it's $20-$40 for a CD with a manual.
I use Linux exclusively. Windows is expensive, slow, unstable, intentionally not reverse compatible, insecure, etc.
I don't have any opinion on Mac, except that they are expensive and usually impossible to upgrade.
Linux is free, fast, secure, and fun! I use computers because I like them; I don't need hundreds and hundreds of megs of Microsoft safety padding around my machine.
I use Linux exclusively. Windows is expensive, slow, unstable, intentionally not reverse compatible, insecure, etc.
I don't have any opinion on Mac, except that they are expensive and usually impossible to upgrade.
Linux is free, fast, secure, and fun! I use computers because I like them; I don't need hundreds and hundreds of megs of Microsoft safety padding around my machine.
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Windows for sure because of application compatibility (my ISP, MSN won't run on Linux)...However, I do have to confess that because of Linux's Price, and the fact that my office suite (OpenOffice) runs just fine on Linux, if my ISP can run on Linux (ie Broadband), then I would seriously consider moving to Linux.
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I have never seen an ISP that depended in any way on what your computer ran. They'll use PPP, or a cable modem/DSL modem router. Either way, Linux is fine. MSN specifically might actually manage to impose restrictions, but no one else does.
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/me prefers Windows
Perhaps Microsoft bullied everyone in the computer market, but it seems that software is compatible most often with Windows.
You know what would be nice for everyone? If all operating systems would just be made compatible with their rival systems. I would bet that Macs and other types would become a lot more popular. It's irritating when I can't do a paper on my Windows machine, and then work on it on a Mac.
Perhaps Microsoft bullied everyone in the computer market, but it seems that software is compatible most often with Windows.
You know what would be nice for everyone? If all operating systems would just be made compatible with their rival systems. I would bet that Macs and other types would become a lot more popular. It's irritating when I can't do a paper on my Windows machine, and then work on it on a Mac.
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Depending on the application I like Linux or Windows. Linux for server stuff for sure, while Windows is good for gaming and the like.
I wouldn't mind getting a Mac, but the price is too expensive.
I wouldn't mind getting a Mac, but the price is too expensive.
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It is mostly compatible with windows precisely because Microsoft bullied.
All operating systems cannot be made compatible with their rivals because Microsoft controls the market. That is exactly what they (Microsoft) do not want to happen. The moment you can use everything of yours in Linux with the click of a button is the day you stop feeding Gates.
It's all irrelevant. Linux will succeed one day. I suggest you stay open to using the best tool for the job - usually Linux is the best tool as a server, sometimes it is the best tool on a desktop. Sometimes windows is better, sometimes mac is better (art).
I recommend Linux for any church that wants to spend its money on charity and missionaries instead of outrageous license fees.
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windows and linux. Tried mac, its good but I just dont have it. ISP wise. well for modem you'll need other than a winmodem to connect to your ISP or you'll need to get drivers for your winmodem and settin up will be a pain, oh yeah! concerning broadband.... you can set linux to automatically detect the network settings thus detecting the broadband settings/ip/dns and such. you just have to play with linux a little while to get things working. by the way, newest versions of linux are starting to be a threat to windows. heheh! let me name a few. SuSE, Mandrake, RedHat, FreeBSD, etc. this are taking the computer world like storm! you just gotta check 'em out. well thats just my two cents. talk later now. bye
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linux for me. it's just so much more powerful than windows machines.
if I need to run any windows applications like Kazaa or Internet Explorer, I just run Win98 in a linux window. no need to reboot.
if I need to run any windows applications like Kazaa or Internet Explorer, I just run Win98 in a linux window. no need to reboot.
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